Ora L Jenkins Jr
MilitaryOn November 16, 1943, mission to Norway in B17#42-39812 'Yankee Rebel' when #3 engine caught fire during assembly. Bale out order given. 2 KOM 8 RTD
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37334432
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner / Ball Turret Gunner / Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
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Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter
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Sources
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
ContributorAAM
Changes
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Losses of 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p. 374 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia